I got rid of cable because of this show (well there were other reasons as well), but this was the straw that broke the double-wide's back.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/you-do-of-course-realize-that-this-is-going-to-end,29734/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=standard-post:headline:default

Yes it's bad, but not any worse than what we see at our local Walmart on a daily basis .

Carl Sagan once pointed out that if intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe, its first contact with humanity would actually be the television signals we're beaming into space. They wouldn't know about our amazing engineering feats or our beautiful works of art. Just Honey Boo-Boo. So if any aliens show up a few years from now and go all Independence Day on us, at least we'll know why.

Alana is just a kid being a kid. Her parents are just back-woods rednecks. There are plenty more of them out there and they will be the first to fight for you when things get tough. Maybe instead of scorn we could just show them a little love and understanding.

Don't insult rednecks. This family is crude and vulgar, not funny at all.

errr..........it's entertainment folks. If people believe that all Georgian's are like HBB and family then I'm guessing they don't get out much.

Gabe, I'm with you. The child is healthy, not abused, the family seems to have fun and seems to be loving. But you are dealing with closed minds and snobs, so............

It doesn't entertain me. It makes my skin crawl for so many reasons.
Ryan Smith, we're doomed...

I've never seen the show; the commercials were enough to turn me off. But it does reinforce the Southern stereotype. Think about it: whenever there is a big news event in the South, who do we see on the TV. Not the educated, well dressed man on the street but the nearly toothless back woods hard-to-understand redneck.

"Yep, that thar was a train wreck we seen. I told my fishin buddy I thought I heared a train wreck and sho nuff, it was. He thought it was a tornader but I knowed it was a train." (Said in the deepest Southern drawl with a couple pauses to spit tobacco juice on the ground). Heartwarming, isn't it?

It is no worse then the Real House wive's of Atl....at least honey boo's mom spending time with her kids and don't pawn them off on the nanny so she can go out and drink and cause drama!

LOL!!! We just moved here from california and people ask do you live by honey boo boo? Let them think what they want we moved here for a reason.. they can all stay in cali The Loser State!

Sounds more like 'Poltergeist' than 'Independence Day,' Ryan. :)

There will always be a percentage of the population that will forever remain ignorant. Does the Kadashian family represent the image of the entire state of California? Is the entire state of Alaska made up of Eskimos? We are all Americans but we differ in lots of ways, some of us hate the show of wealth and success, some hate the embrace of “redneckism” and “gettoism” but for those lucky enough, and not embarrassed to make a buck while entertaining others with their day to day life style I say more power to you!!! Honey, make your papers Boo Boo!

I did a study abroad in France back in the days before all this reality TV, I think the Real World was on though. I had a lot of people asking me if everyone in America carried guns and shot people randomly. That's because of what they saw on NYPD Blue, Law & Order, etc. So imagine what they think of us after seeing shows like Jersey Shore and the Kardashians...

Oh please, GA has its good and bad, just like NJ and CA, which neither have had amazing reputations based on reality tv.

The best is that Honey Boo Boo is on the first page of articles right under the debate article!!!

This show got higher ratings then both the Republican and Democratic conventions which tells you where Americas priorities are.

The fact of the matter is that the same people who would judge a Georgian based on this show are the same individuals who would do so based on our "talking slow" and label us as prejudice. Funny how that works. Isn't it?

A couple of thoughts - no, this doesn't really influence the nation's view of the South any more than our news, which, when they show anything that happens anywhere in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, or Louisiana, purposely try to find the most ignorant, backwards, retarded person they can possibly find to interview. So HoneyBooBoo really isn't any worse than that.

Two, I think it says far more about the rest of the country that watches this drivel. And this is really bad. How does a show even come about with these people as the focus? Nobodies, ignorant, have to be subtitled at times. I mean, who looked at this family and said "Wow. I could SO make a show out of these people."

Okay, folks. I've just deleted a bunch of comments, some because they were personally abusive or profane and violated our terms of service, some that weren't violations but were direct replies and wouldn't have made sense out of context. I've had to say this a lot in the last couple of weeks, and it shouldn't have to be said, but here goes: Do not become vulgar or personally abusive on this site. This is a thread about a silly reality show. Adults should be able to discuss it without calling each other names.

And now this southern yahoo is going to violate peoples freedom of speech.

Technically, when you're on somebody else's page, you have no freedom of speech. This is not really the same as your own blog, or standing on a street corner. Just sayin....

yea, yea, yea

It’s Jersey Shore without the sand.

I am curious, though, Dianne - your opinions on the OP? Does this show paint southerners in a bad light? Or is it just a matter of them being a small percentage of people, there's people everywhere that are considered a little 'backwards,' and these people are actually fine, as they do seem to love their child and she's not abused, mistreated, or otherwise neglected by her family? In this, I agree (if that's your stand - if not, then obviously we don't agree). My point, and others on here, I think, is that this family is severely redneck, actually what many would consider white trash. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing - they're happy, easy to have fun, and truthfully, when the zombie apocalypse hits, they'll still be the ones alive and living off the land. But....they just don't make us southerners look intelligent to those that watch this show and assume that all Georgians are like them.

Is that better? And more respectful? Cuz look, I respect southerners. I consider myself one. With some very southern tendencies. Some of my best friends could blend right in to this family. But...doesn't mean I want them to be in a show and representin.....

And I actually do care about your opinion on this....

sorry i can't reply cause my comments get deleted. Were you always the teacher's pet

And the Patch Staff reads LJ Atlanta.. For stealing my question.. UNH HUH.. See how y'all are. LOL

To be truthful LJ, I wrote the question after one of the other Patch editors suggested it since it is such a hot topic. I'm not actually sure what LJ Atlanta is, but I will research it, because we are always looking for good material.

Do you have a link LJ?

I am more surprised about who knows who she is :). I don't....

Forget HBB, what about Lingerie Football coming to Gwinnett County. Talk about a sideshow of which not to be particularly proud!!

WooHoo! Lingerie Football!